‘Rawan’ died in the tribal area of Hardh, which borders Saudi Arabia

Activists have called for groom and family to be arrested over her death

One activist: ‘Groom is an animal who deserved to be punished severely’

An eight-year-old child bride has died in Yemen of internal bleeding sustained during her wedding night after being forced to marry a man five times her age, activists have claimed.

The girl, identified only as Rawan, died in the tribal area of Hardh in northwestern Yemen, which borders Saudi Arabia.

Activists are now calling for the groom, who is believed to be around 40 years old, and her family to be arrested so they can face justice in the courts.

Rural: The girl, identified only as Rawan, died in the tribal area of Hardh in northwestern Yemen, which borders Saudi Arabia

They say arrests would help put a stop to the practice of marrying very young girls to older men in the impoverished region.

Angry Man, a blogger, posted that the man was ‘an animal who deserved to be punished severely for his crime’.

Child bride: The practice of marrying young girls is widespread in Yemen and has attracted the attention of international rights groups seeking to pressure the government to outlaw child marriages

‘All those who supported such a crime should also be punished,’ he added.

Another blogger, called Omar, wrote: ‘Rawan’s family members are not humans. They do not deserve to have children.’

CHILD BRIDES: A GLOBAL ISSUE

Despite numerous campaigns from many of the world’s largest charities and NGOs, the issue of child brides remains a global concern.

There are currently some 57.5 million child brides across the world, 40 per cent of which married in India.

Forty-six per cent of women in India were married before the age of 18, according to the National Family Health Survey-3.

Meanwhile, in Africa, 42 per cent of girls were married before turning 18 compared to 29 per cent in Latin America and the Caribbean.

But the number of child brides is estimated to rise to 140 million by 2020 if current trends continue, 18.5 million of which will be under 15 years old, analysts warn.

Statistics show that girls living in poor households are almost twice as likely to marry before 18 than girls in higher income households.

And girls younger than 15 are also five times more likely to die in childbirth than women in their 20s.

But another blogger, called ‘Sad’, appeared more sympathetic to the custom. He wrote: ‘Her family and her groom could have waited for some time before having this marriage,’ Sad said.

‘It was not fair at all and the marriage should not have happened even if some tribes believe that it is a good custom.’

The practice of marrying young girls is widespread in Yemen and has attracted the attention of international rights groups seeking to pressure the government to outlaw child marriages.

Yemen’s gripping poverty plays a role in hindering efforts to stamp out the practice, as poor families find themselves unable to say no to ‘bride-prices’ that can be hundreds of dollars for their daughters.

More than a quarter of Yemen’s females marry before age 15, according to a report in 2010 by the Social Affairs Ministry.

Tribal custom also plays a role, including the belief that a young bride can be shaped into an obedient wife, bear more children and be kept away from temptation.

In September 2010, a 12-year-old Yemeni child-bride died after struggling for three days in labour to give birth, a local human rights organisation said.

Yemen once set 15 as the minimum age for marriage, but parliament annulled that law in the 1990s, saying parents should decide when a daughter marries.

This is sickening are these guy that hard up they need to marry children? Its disgraceful. They should be punished, but these Arab/ Muslins Countries they don’t give a $hit. It is rape, torture, cruelty, abuse I can only imagine what these poor girls are going through.

We are all against this type of treatment, but we will never be able to stop these men, they have no regard for human life. They are self-centered. Heck we have this going on in our own Country. People like this need the death sentence.

This is a very sick story and just made me so ill yesterday when I was reading it. I can’t imagine the pain that poor baby went through while this was happening to her. I read one persons response about how we should be more outraged about the poverty over there because if they had more money they wouldn’t have to sell their children. I think that is a sick statement! If they would practice birth control or keep their legs closed they wouldn’t be put in that position. I think this man and her parents need to be tortured the way she was and then left to bleed out! Just makes me so sick thinking about it!!!! Sick bastards!

This is a sick and depraved practice and all involved MUST be severely punished. Since this man killed the 8 year old child he MUST be charged with murder punishable by death. Perhaps his genitles should be removed prior to his deat!h. Her parents must be charged with murder as well because they gave her to a man 5Xs her age. SICK!
Girls and women are no less human than men.

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